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 1865 - 1948 (82 years)
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| Name |
William Wilson Shirreffs |
| Born |
9 Sep 1865 |
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
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| Died |
12 Mar 1948 |
| Notes |
- First day pupil at Woodlands School, 1871
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| Person ID |
I107 |
Frost Family | The Shirreffs family |
| Last Modified |
4 Feb 2001 |
| Father |
Joseph Duncan Shirreffs, b. Abt 1833, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. 24 Apr 1909, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age ~ 76 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Ann Wright, b. Abt 1837, Scotland , d. 23 Mar 1904, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age ~ 67 years) |
| Married |
23 Aug 1856 |
Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
- Joseph and Mary were married in the Zion Chapel.
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Marriage Register
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| Immigration |
24 Oct 1869 |
Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand [1] |
| Left Glasgow on 28 July 1869 aboard the clipper ship 'James Nicol Fleming'. Arriving at Port Chalmers on Sunday 24 October 1869 |
- Joseph Duncan left Aberdeen with his family to come to New Zealand, for a three year engagement with the firm of Mortons, as the head of the tinsmithing and preserving departments at the Glasgow Meat Preserving Company's meat works at Woodlands in Southland NZ.
Joseph, Mary Ann his wife, their children Elizabeth, Jean, William and James and Jane Cameron, Mary's half sister, left Glasgow on 28 July 1869 aboard the clipper ship 'James Nicol Fleming'. The 992 ton ship, with 160 passengers on board, made its maiden voyage to New Zealand in 88 days between ports, arriving at Port Chalmers on Sunday 24 October 1869.
A description of the ship's journey is given in 'The Otago Daily Times' on Monday 25 October 1869. The paper?s shipping column also shows the ship's arrival with 14 cabin passengers and 146 in second cabin and steerage. In the imports column a large list of engineering and similar goods is shown arriving on the 'James Nicol Fleming' belonging to a William Moody. According to the book 'Early Woodlands', by Margaret Trotter, Mr W. Moodie was a representative of the Glasgow Meat Preserving Company.
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| Family ID |
F29 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Margaret Hay, b. 11 Jun 1877, d. 23 Aug 1956 (Age 79 years) |
| Married |
1914 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Hazel Margaret Shirreffs, b. 26 Oct 1915, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand , d. 23 Sep 1998, Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 82 years) |
| | 2. Nisbet Lamont Shirreffs, b. 3 Apr 1917, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand , d. 1 Aug 1944, Cassiono, Rome, Italy (Age 27 years) |
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| Last Modified |
9 May 2019 |
| Family ID |
F1528 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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